Santa Baby
Babies and Pets
Before you have a baby, you can't even start a conversation without someone telling you about how hard raising a child is with the sleepless nights and the dirty nappies. The same happens when you get a puppy or a kitten, you get the "no more holidays for you, you're tied down now!" or "they're …
The “Full Time Mummy”
If you're a mum, you can never win. You stay at home and you're 'lazy', you go to work and you 'don't spend enough time' with your child/children. The "full time mummy" stigma is getting old and the rise of motherism is too, (the fact that there's a term for people judging 'full time mums' …
Motherhood Loneliness
Becoming a mother (or parent in general), is supposed to be one of the biggest blessings in the world. So why can it feel so lonely? I was told what motherhood was like by a lot of people. I was told to prepare to lose my nice figure and for sleepless nights. But nobody - …
Autumn Thoughts
Autumn is by far one of my favourite times of the year. I love how picturesque everything looks. The sunshine through the trees, and the red and gold leaves scattered everywhere. And to be quite honest, (despite how excited I am for Christmas!), I'm rather sad Autumn is ending, and winter is nearly here. Last …
World Mental Health Day
Every person has a mental health and studies show that two-thirds of us have experienced some form of mental health illness in our life. Mental health illnesses can range from anxiety to eating disorders, depression and forms of psychosis. Today I'm going to focus on mental health illnesses in pregnant women, those who are postpartum, …
What Mama Says, Goes
When you're a parent, you make up your rules, create your own routine and discipline in a way that works for you. And what do you do if you're not a parent, and you're just looking after someone else's child? Not disagreeing with the parent of said child. One of my BIGGEST pet peeves is people …
Routine and a Baby
Routine, routine, routine. I live for organisation and schedules, but as a mum (and as a student), that doesn't always go to plan. In my first year of university I was in bed for 9pm most nights, (minus the nights I was out, at work or at the gym etc), then I would be up …
Group B Strep
While I was carrying Leo, I had every pregnant woman's dream. No morning sickness, no weird cravings, I still fit into all my clothes so none of that 'my jeans fit me' one minute and the next 'the zipper won't even go up!' But one thing I was definitely, 100% lucky with was a urine sample which showed I had …
Six Months Old
Today Leo is 6 months old. Some people wonder why parents make such a big deal over the 6 month age but it's a huge thing to a parent because so much has happened, and so much more is (usually) about to happen. It's really strange to think that Leo was born 6 months ago …
